Tag: literacy

Although about 87% of the adolescents surveyed were enrolled in school, their basic literacy and numeracy skills were inadequate. Many struggled with reading fluently in their native language or solving elementary arithmetic problems. The survey, conducted in 2023, involved 34,745 students from 1,664 villages across 28 districts in 26 states. It assessed their abilities in reading in their native language and English, basic mathematics, and understanding written instructions. Disappointingly, as per the survey results, there has been minimal progress in these learning outcomes compared to a similar assessment of the same group in 2017. This could be attributed to focus ... Read more

An Indian woman aged 92 went to school for the first time and has learned how to read and write. Salima Khan, the great-grandmother was born in around 1931 and was married at the age of 14. She had a lifelong dream of being able to read and write. Salima, who lives in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, said that there were no schools in her village when she was a girl, according to media reports. Six months ago, Salima started studying alongside pupils eight decades younger to her, and she was accompanied on her way to class by her grandson’s wife. Her ... Read more